My first Mug and Platter
The Birds Find Their Home by the Sea
Mermaid Holding a Sweet Bird by the Sea
Ceramics by Kolene Spicher
I have been learning how to do ceramics in my free time, lol. I have no free time. My days are always planned with good things. Each day I try to do something the VERY BEST THAT I CAN. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it needs to be my best.
Ceramics have been a type of healing for me. It is too deep to explain and I'd bore you. So lets look at some pictures.
This is not really what I thought this would look like. The green burned brown and sort of looks like my grass in the summer after 6 weeks of no rain. I didn't use enough paint...sigh. The black lines are inconsistent. I did not realize that when they say three coats, they really mean three. Who would have thought. So make a note, next mug, three coats of color. Oh and don't use that green. Or that blue...What, you don't know what blue you used, do you? Know your colors. Make a note. So you are starting to see, this isn't an easy process. But I love this mug and I think what makes it endearing are the imperfections that this new potter is learning to overcome. I like the hand made look, but there needs to be a line that I don't cross. I don't know the line. :(
I like the way the leaf turned out and also the drippy blue. The handle on the left says, "The Birds!" The other side says, "Find their home!" Finally, barely there, is the writing By the Sea in the muddy grass.
Let's talk about the lady in the picture. She's sort of bumpy...literally and in all the wrong places, but you know what? I love her. I love this mug, and imperfect as it is, I have found that it is very fun to drink out of.
I'd say that this was me, but it isn't. But I do love it and want to keep it!
See the handle? This says, "Find their Home." This is referring to birds. Nevermind that my finger doesn't even fit in that hole. LOL.
You can't see it in the picture, but there is a bump to the right of this poor woman's breast. I don't mind it, but I am pointing it out because it's there, and when you drink out of it, you are reminded that a woman made this mug. LOL.
Ceramics by Kolene Spicher
I have been learning how to do ceramics in my free time, lol. I have no free time. My days are always planned with good things. Each day I try to do something the VERY BEST THAT I CAN. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it needs to be my best.
Ceramics have been a type of healing for me. It is too deep to explain and I'd bore you. So lets look at some pictures.
This is not really what I thought this would look like. The green burned brown and sort of looks like my grass in the summer after 6 weeks of no rain. I didn't use enough paint...sigh. The black lines are inconsistent. I did not realize that when they say three coats, they really mean three. Who would have thought. So make a note, next mug, three coats of color. Oh and don't use that green. Or that blue...What, you don't know what blue you used, do you? Know your colors. Make a note. So you are starting to see, this isn't an easy process. But I love this mug and I think what makes it endearing are the imperfections that this new potter is learning to overcome. I like the hand made look, but there needs to be a line that I don't cross. I don't know the line. :(
I like the way the leaf turned out and also the drippy blue. The handle on the left says, "The Birds!" The other side says, "Find their home!" Finally, barely there, is the writing By the Sea in the muddy grass.
Let's talk about the lady in the picture. She's sort of bumpy...literally and in all the wrong places, but you know what? I love her. I love this mug, and imperfect as it is, I have found that it is very fun to drink out of.
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| I'd say that this was me, but it isn't. But I do love it and want to keep it! |
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| This is very Bohemian! #Bohemian |
Oh how I love that blue inside the cup and also on the water. If only I had put more brush strokes.
This might actually be my favorite part. This sweet Robin truly found a home by the sea and in this cup. I am going to do a painting around this mug. I am working on another cup that has this theme painted on it to go with the new painting. Whoever gets the painting, gets the mug! I will plan on taking this stuff to #wiltonhistoricalsociety show that takes place in November.
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| I am going to make a hand built stand for this. |
Finally, let's talk about the platter. I love so much of it. I don't love the shine. I am going to make another one out of Porcelain. Yesterday, I made two hand-built porcelain mugs. I worked on them some this morning and I love how they are getting. One of them will be for my Birds find their Home by the Sea mug.
Now you know why I am going "Mugsy." #Mugsy is about pottery (for me). It's about all the steps and lessons and about loving what you are, whatever that might be. :)
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Enjoy.
